congratulations go out to my mom, who graduated from college today, completing a degree she started when she was 17. she put many of her plans on hold in order to put my dad through law school, to raise three children, to care for her mother-in-law, to pay for her kids’ college educations, and i am so pleased for her that she’s finally had time to devote herself to this accomplishment. some parents spin their wheels when the last child leave home, churning reluctantly toward retirement; my mother reinvented herself as a student, a thinker, a friend and peer in her academic community. she graduated today with Honors (her straight-A GPA puts all her kids to shame) and as English student of the year. we all hope/pretend our moms don’t read our blogs, but if you are reading this, then know that i’m very, very proud of you.